Peter Sobot

www.petersobot.com
hire@petersobot.com
(226) 747 9267

github.com/psobot
blog.petersobot.com

I've built software with:

Python • C • Go • Objective-C
Java • C++ • Scala • Ruby

HTML/HAML • CSS/SASS
Javascript • Coffeescript
Android SDK • iOS SDK

Mac OS X • Linux
Bash • Apache • Nginx
Puppet • Nagios/Icinga
Amazon Web Services
Vagrant

I've written about:

Using Pipes and Filters to Build Better Software • Architecting an Infinite Stream of Music • Inexpensive Bandwidth Distribution Strategies • Smart Image Cropping in Ruby and C++ • Streaming MP3 in Python • Memory Leaks in Python C Extensions • Deadlocks in Python • Reducing Reliance on Third-Party APIs

I'm a software engineer with a passion
for building useful software that scales.

Areas of Expertise:

Languages:

Python, Objective-C, C++, Java, Go, Scala, Javascript, SQL

Frameworks:

Ruby on Rails, Express, Tornado, iOS SDK, Android SDK

Software:

Puppet, Vagrant, Vim, Git, Xcode, Nginx, Node.JS, Apache

Experience:
Labs Manager at The Working Group (June 2014-present)

Directed TWG Labs, a division focused on experiments, learning and tools
Managed between 1-4 developers on software and hardware projects
Built bleeding-edge product prototypes for national Canadian brands
Lead development efforts on Mobius, a real-time project management tool

Founder & Lead Developer at Appstruments (2011-2014)

Crafted viral music apps for the web, Android and iOS:

the Wub Machine, an automatic music remixer used 2,000+ times daily
forever.fm, an endless, automatic & beatmatched radio station

Created architecture to scale to 60k uniques/month with minimal cost

Infrastructure Engineering Intern at Inkling Systems, Inc. (Winter 2013)

Wrote crucial software to manage Inkling's private cloud infrastructure
Created redundant & isolated demo environment for key product launch
Participated in first-line on-call rotation to keep servers running 24/7

Software Developer at Capcom Game Studio Vancouver (Summer 2012)

Expanded automated testing frameworks for Dead Rising 3 on the Xbox One
Improved data capture and visualization tools in PHP, SQL, C# & OpenGL

Software Developer at The Working Group (Fall 2011)

Development lead for 1THING, an online mobile-optimized social journal
Independently designed and developed iPhone applications
Worked with clients and designers to create and maintain Rails apps

Education:
Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Waterloo 2014

Resident of VeloCity Startup Incubator (2010-2014)
JoosBox, a Java compiler in Scala (Winter 2014)

Built a compiler for a large subset of Java in Scala
BrOS, a simple operating system for the ARM Cortex-M3 (Winter 2012)
"Colour of the Web," finding the average colour of the internet (Fall 2010)

Activities & Interests:
Musician (1995-present)

Wrote, performed and produced 5 full solo albums of rock and electronic